This is such a dumb comparison for reasons stated in other posts. But the thing that gets me is all the media hypocrisy about the Pats being a model franchise for doing this and not mentioning they hired Donte Stallworth no to long ago after being involved in a fatality involving alcohol and driving a car.

LOL. I can't believe you'd think they wanted to release him weeks ago. Why would they want to do that?

You don't make a huge decision like this in a day. This investigation has been going on for a while now and the fact they had the paperwork ready to go, had an official statement prepared and processed all of it the moment he was released makes it rather obvious.

I know it's been brought up already and it by no means diminishes what happened. But Jerry Brown got in that car of his own freewill, arguably knowing the circumstances of what had gone on that night and the probable condition his friend was in.

I wonder what the public opinion would be, if Brown had let his friend drive off that night alone, knowing all this, and Brent had wrecked his car, been killed or injured, or even worse, killed/injured others on that hwy?

In a very real way, as unpopular as this may be, Jerry Brown is as culpable for what happened that night, as if he had been behind the wheel.

Intentional acts and reckless acts are treated very differently by the legal system. So why shouldn't teams treat them differently as well? People who are trying to compare Brent to Hernandez have an agenda

You have no idea, who pulled the trigger, we know who killed Jerry, and he made a conscious choice to drink and drive. Josh Brent should never play in the NFL again.

I do not like Aaron Hernandez, and I hope he does go to jail for a long time, but until he is convicted, you can not say he killed someone. If he is charged like Ray Lewis was, I don't think he should be allowed to play in the NFL.

You know that Hernandez was obstructing an investigation into a murder. You also know that Brent cooperated. The difference is night and day IMO. I am not saying Brent should not be released. I expect he will be, once there are legal grounds to do so.

Intentional acts and reckless acts are treated very differently by the legal system. So why shouldn't teams treat them differently as well? People who are trying to compare Brent to Hernandez have an agenda

Agenda? So you endorse having a person who killed his teammate on this team? The Cowboys should have cut him a long time ago. They could have provided assistance to him but he shouldn't be on this team. Is he Demarcus Ware? No. He's an average player that has no business being here. Again, the Cowboys should provide counseling at their expense.